While Flathead Valley residents are taking advantage of spring open burning season to get outside, fire experts suggest waiting until later this spring or fall to burn large piles of debris due to the amount of smoke they produce.
Flathead County Fire Service Area Manager Lincoln Chute made some recommendations for those seeking to burn up yard waste that followed high-wind events in the Flathead.
“We have a lot of green limbs down and when they burn, they produce a lot of smoke,” Chute said. “As citizens we should think of how smoke could affect our neighbors.
“It really is the first thing people should be thinking of before they burn,” Chute added.